On this day, nine years ago:

Oceanside, looking south from the pier.

Rudy Giuliani must give control of luxury items and Manhattan apartment to Georgia election workers he defamed, judge rules

A federal judge on Tuesday ordered former Donald Trump attorney and New York mayor Rudy Giuliani to turn over all his valuable possessions and his Manhattan penthouse apartment to the control of Ruby Freeman and Shaye Moss, the Georgia election workers he defamed and to whom he now owes $150 million.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/rudy-giuliani-must-give-control-of-luxury-items-and-manhattan-apartment-to-georgia-election-workers-he-defamed-judge-rules/ar-AA1sJbGy

A giant, ancient meteor four times the size of Mount Everest may have sparked life on Earth

The research team traveled for three field seasons to Barberton Greenstone Belt in South Africa to collect the samples needed for the study, accompanied with years of laboratory work.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/a-giant-ancient-meteor-four-times-the-size-of-mount-everest-may-have-sparked-life-on-earth/ar-AA1sINBs

Good morning, from the Left Coast. Had my quarterly Hematology checkup at the VA today. All is good. The most significant indicators were a normalization of my white blood cell count and a spike in my Uric Acid, which is indicative of the residue left behind when the chemo kills the cancerous cells. We are reducing the chemo dosage to 1/2 and adding Alopurinol.. I get checked again in January. If all is good then, that will likely become my maintenance level dosage for the foreseeable future.

Arizona official who delayed 2022 election certification pleads guilty

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/arizona-official-who-delayed-2022-election-certification-pleads-guilty/ar-AA1sFrtq

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This San Diego evening is as graceful as a ballerina.

Supreme Court Rejects Bid to Let President Fire Agency Leaders

https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/companies/supreme-court-rejects-bid-to-let-president-fire-agency-leaders/ar-AA1sEvZO

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Dodgers win. They take on the Yankees in the World Series.

The system that moves water around the Earth is off balance for the first time in human history

https://www.cnn.com/2024/10/16/climate/global-water-cycle-off-balance-food-production/index.html